tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post5364731166534255653..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Nothing NewLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-25004502613933627972009-09-01T08:21:54.304-04:002009-09-01T08:21:54.304-04:00CR,
Agreed. That's part of the reason why I w...CR,<br /><br />Agreed. That's part of the reason why I was (quasi) complaining about rip-roaring intros last week. The desire to be "relevant" or "marketable" trips up so many people. Personal passion doesn't guarantee you'll write a good story, but it may carry you through the umpteenth revision that will make it good.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-9511697064589016362009-09-01T08:18:06.421-04:002009-09-01T08:18:06.421-04:00B.,
Lewis is eminently quotable, isn't he? I ...B.,<br /><br />Lewis is eminently quotable, isn't he? I wish his critical stuff got more attention. He has so much to say on good writing, but most everyone stays stuck in Narnia. (Although if you must be stuck, it's a nice place to be.)Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-80904953658327974652009-08-31T21:33:31.157-04:002009-08-31T21:33:31.157-04:00I think that, sometimes, the most meaningful conte...I think that, sometimes, the most meaningful contemporary genre stories are the ones that are shockingly traditional. Though of course you can always serve up multiple traditions together (something TV shows have known at least since Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)<br /><br />After all, Lewis's Narnia is mostly reheated Ovid, Vergil, Spenser, Shakespeare, and of course Scriptures. But it works because it resonated with him; he wasn't just going through the motions.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-45079642389891431062009-08-31T17:51:02.218-04:002009-08-31T17:51:02.218-04:00Favorite writerly inspiration type quote. From Mer...Favorite writerly inspiration type quote. From <i>Mere Christianity</i>: Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.<br /><br />Ahh.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.com